The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-29
FIRE BRICK AND SEWER PIPE,
Tho Progress and Prospects OF tho Rive

AHo IFosFehb tutl PROSPECTS oL INC lslSor.
..f side Paving Brick Company.
This being q Wheeling company and
but little information having been made
public concerning It, IN INTELLlGEScER
reporter in passing the works tho other
day took the pains to make inquiries as to
It's progress and possibilities. The works
are located ct Rush Run, Ohio, on the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh railroad, eleven
miles above Wheeling. 1t comprises some
sixty.hye acres Of land-hye acres of bot
tom lands, where the works are located,
and sixty acres OF bluff where the clay is
found. The bluff contains four veins OF
the finest quality Of fire clay, all OF which
have been tested. The fourth vein from
thetop will first be developed by the com.
pany, as an analysis OF it shows liberal
percentage Of iron, which will make avery
superior brick for paving purposes. a
shait 9x16 feet is being SINK Al feet deep
to the vein OF clay, which is 20 feet 4 in
ches, thick. This shaft is nearly compile.
ted and they expect to reach the clay this
week. A substantial tramway from the
shaft to the works on the river bank has
been completed. The railroad switch will
be completed this week. The founda-
tons for the machinery, engines, ETC.,
have been laid, and the machinery build
ing and dry house are well advanced. The
brick machinery was manufactured espe.
ciaily for the company, which with the
engines and boilers are ready for setting
IS Boon as the switch is ready to receive
them. DIS Esssz
The company will commence with CO.
pacity Of 5000 brick per day, but have
engine power sufficient to make 100. 900
per day, whenever additional pans are set
up. They expect to commence making
brick inside Of three weeks, and they
promise the public that the brick shall be
CHILLED with such care that 8 premium will
be offered Tor every soft brick found in sny
lot gold for paving purposes. Their boss
brick maker has been engaged and Is now
assiasinS IN setting the machinery. He
has had thirty years experience in the
fire clay business and is thoroughly con-
versant with every branch OF. it. Since
it's organization, the company, with the
View OF adding tho manufacture OF sewer
PipG " LAClI hUlhc 1t buulC lutuIo llll1e1
have purchased additional land lying con.
tiguous to their works, and have ample
room for enlargipg them to an unlimited
extent. l.,l 4
The shares are $50 each and the mum.
Der originally agreed upon to be hsued
hgye all been taken. But owing to the
purchase Of additional land, which has
enhanced the value Of the plant very
materially, the Directors a few days ago
authorized the sale OF q few additional
shares, up to 400 in all, but will not sell
beyond that number. Onlya few Of tho
additional shares now remain unsold.
Under their charter the company can also
take contracts for laying pavements, which
will be IN additional SQUIRE OF profit. They
have already been offered contracts Tor
brick, one J.. of q million from an Eastern
city and smaller ones from towns in Vir-
ginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The stock
holders comprise citizens Of West Vir-
ginia and Ohio, and the Directors are we'll
known and successful business men,
located one at Portland Station, near the
company'a works, one at Martins Ferry,
two at Bridgeport and three in this city.
Mr.. I. G. Dillon, the well known jeweler,
Of this city, is president Of the company.
The Office is also located at Wheeling. It
is believed that. the company has struck
this business IN the very niche of time.